Botchway to join Mims, Dickens on City Council

11:35 PM,
Nov. 5, 2013

Tim Shriver waits for voters Tuesday at the University of Iowa Main Library.

Written by

Adam B Sullivan
| Iowa City Press-Citizen

Both incumbents won re-election to the Iowa City Council on Tuesday night, along with one challenger.

Iowa City Council members Susan Mims and Terry Dickens won their second terms on the council in the city election, while newcomer Kingsley Botchway won his first term. Mims earned the most support among four candidates in the at-large race with 42 percent support, followed by Botchway with 41 percent. Dickens won 58 percent in the two-way race for the District B seat.

"My experience, my willingness to listen, good decision-making - those things all fall into it," Mims, a former School Board ...